Improvement in hand-looms



@uiten tatra gattiniv @fitta CHARLES IWANDEL, OF MILTON, IOWA. Letters Patent No. 68,918, dated September 1T, 1867; antedatecl September 4, 1867.

IMPEOVBMEN T IN HAND-LOOMS.

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TC).- 'ALL WHOM IT MAY ONCERN:

Beit known that I, CHARLES WANDEL, of` Milton, in the county of Van Buren, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Loom; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full,

; clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable. others skilled in the art to make and use the same, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved loom.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line a: :c, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is n vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line y y, fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a detail view of a portion of one side of the loom.

p Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line ze, iig. 2.

VFigure 6 is a. detail view of a portion of the rear end of the loom. e

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts..

My invention consists in the combination of the shaft, drum, projecting arms, ratchet'wheel, pawl,.arm, and spring with each other, and with the treadles, lathe, and frame of'the loom,`,as hereinafter more fully described. i

` A is the frame of the loom. The warp of the web is wound/upon the yarn-rollB; thence it passes over the roller C, through the heddles D, through the reed of the lathejl; where the weft is applied, the cloth passing over the breast-beam F, and being wound upon the cloth-roll (ia/"The lower end of the lathe E is pivoted tothe sills a a2 of the frame A, and by its movement operates all theother parts of theloom. H arethe tradles, the rear ends of which are pivoted to the rearcross-piece a8 of the frame A, and theirV forward ends rest upon the cross-piece a, being separated `from each other and kept in their proper relative positions bythe guide-pin I projecting upward from the said cross-piece a", as shown in fig. 3. In the upper sides of the forward endsoi` the treadles H are formed sockets, in which rest the lower ends of the rods 7L which support the heddles D, so that by. raising either of the said treadles H'the heddle with which it is connected will also be raised. The treadles H are raised by the arms or pins J, projecting from the fac-c of the drum K, coming in contact with the forward ends of the treadles as the said drum is revolved, the arms J -being so arranged as to raise the treadles and operate' theheddles in the required order. The drum- K is securely attached to the shaft L, which revolves in `bearings in the frame A of the loom. 'To the outer side of the ange kl of the drum are attached arms or` pins M, projcting horizontally, as shown in figs. 2 and 5. N is an arm or lever, one end of which ispivoted toan arm,

O, projecting from the cross-piece e of the lathe E, as shown in ligs. 1, 3, and 5. The other end of theV lever N is notched, as shown in fig. 5, so as to take hold of the pins or arms M, and it is'lleld up to its place by the j spring P, one end of which is attached to the said cross-piece e, and the other end presses against the under i side of the lever N. As the lathe E is moved back or towards the heddles D the'lever N pushes against the pin or arm M withjvhich it may be in contact, and revolves the drum K, operating the treadles H. Y As. the lathe E is moved forward or towards the breast-bcam F, the spring P raises the lever into position to take hold of the next arm M, and again revolve the drum at its next backward movement. c2 is a ratchet-Wheel `attached to the endof the drum K.- R is a pawl attached to the cross-piece a" of the frame `A, which takes hold of the 'teeth of thc ratchet-wheel 7a2, and prevents thc drum K. from moving back from the point to which i-t has been moved by the lever N. S is an arm, projecting, upward from thecnd of thecross-piece e of the lathe E. To this arm is pivoted the end of the lever '13. Several holes are made through the arm S, so that the lever T may be adjusted to have a greater or less throw, according to the coarseness or fineness of the clothV being woven.

The other end ci' the lever T terminates in a pawl, t', which takes hold of the teeth of the ratchotwheelU` attached to the vertical shaft V, and moves it forwardy with ealch movement of the lathe E. W is a pawl attached to the frame A, which; takes hold of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel U, and holds it securely inthe position to which it has been moved by the pawl t. The vertical shaft V revolves in bearings vl u attached te the side of thc frame A, as shown in 5g. 1, and has an endless screw, X, formed upon it, which operates lupon the teeth of the cog-wheelY attached to the projecting end of the axle of theyarnroll B, so that, bythe revolution of the shaft V, the warp is nnwound from thea-c1133, and fed forward to the heddles D. A is a lever, pivoted to the projecting end of the axle of the cloth-roll G, from the'free end of'which'isrsuspended a weight, B', which holds the said lever down upon a pin, e, projecting from the sido of thc lathe E, upon which pin the said leverv 'rides as the said lathe is operated. C' is a spring-catch, attached to the side of the V lever A', the catch of which takes hold of the teeth of the ratchetwheel D attached to the cn'd ot' the axle ofl l the roll G. By this construction, as the lathe E is moved back toward the heddlcs D, the free end of' the level' j? A' is raised, causing the catch C' toslip fonvard over one or more lof the teeth of the ratchet-wheel D', and when the lathe E is moved forward towards the breast-beam F the free end of the said lever-is lowered, revolving the cloth-roll G, and winding up the cloth. E is a pawl attached to the frame A, which takes hold vof the J teeth of the ratchet-wheel F attached to the end of the cloth-roll G, and holds the said roll securely in the place' to which it has been revolved by the lever A and catch C', as before described. The throw of the catch C' may be regulated as desired by varying the position of the pin c3. It will thus be observed that all the parts of the, loom are operated by the simple movement of the lathe E. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The construction and arrangement of the shaft L, drum K, arms or pins'J M, ratchetvheel k2, pawl R, arm or lever N', spring P, treadles H, and lathe E, asheren set forth for the purpose specified.

CHARLES WANDEL.

Witn esses ROBERT RUSSEL, DANIEL KENT. 

